The present invention includes methods and apparatus for testing tire performance using a laterally-contoured road wheel. Accordingly, particular embodiments of the machine include a wheel configured to rotate, the wheel having a tire operating surface configured to engage a tire during operation, the outer tire operating surface arranged along an annular side of the wheel and having a width extending laterally relative a circumferential direction of the wheel along a contoured path. The machine may further include a drive source configured to rotate the wheel and a tire mount configured to rotatably maintain a tire. The present invention also includes methods of forming a laterally-contoured tire operating surface for a road wheel.
METHOD OF FORMING A TIRE OPERATING SURFACE FOR TIRE TESTING ROAD WHEEL
VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG EINER REIFENBEDIENOBERFLÄCHE FÜR EIN REIFENTESTSTRASSENRAD
PROCEDE DE FORMATION D'UNE SURFACE DE MISE EN UVRE DE PNEUMATIQUE POUR ROUE DE ROUTE D'ESSAI DE PNEUMATIQUE
2018-09-19
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B60C VEHICLE TYRES , Fahrzeugreifen / B32B LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF FLAT OR NON-FLAT, e.g. CELLULAR OR HONEYCOMB, FORM , Schichtkörper, d.h. aus Ebenen oder gewölbten Schichten, z.B. mit zell- oder wabenförmiger Form, aufgebaute Erzeugnisse / G01M TESTING STATIC OR DYNAMIC BALANCE OF MACHINES OR STRUCTURES , Prüfen der statischen oder dynamischen Massenverteilung rotierender Teile von Maschinen oder Konstruktionen |
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